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already torn through town. >> reporter: an hour north of atlanta, an amazing picture. the sky was falling. >> we've got debris now flying to the left and center of this system. the sirens have been going off here. the wind is kicking up, along with the rain. again, a funnel crossing the interstate here in adairsville. >> reporter: witnesses here say the tornado was on the ground, churning through homes, office buildings and factories for more than 20 minutes. scientists think it was an ef-2 or greater, with wind speeds more than 125 miles an hour. >> please take safe shelter for us right now. get in that center portion of your home. a basement if you have it. >> reporter: in calhoun, georgia, homes were leveled. at this factory in adairsville, workers scrambled for cover. neighbors had to rescue families trapped inside their crumbled homes. one man was killed. >> there was no warnings, no sirens, no nothing. >> reporter: we talked with the family of the man who died. they were at home looking for a lost pet. jessica cantrell told us she can't bear the loss. >> i wouldn
already torn through town. >> reporter: an hour north of atlanta, an amazing picture. the sky was falling. >> we've got debris now flying to the left and center of this system. the sirens have been going off here. the wind is kicking up, along with the rain. again, a funnel crossing the interstate here in adairsville. >> reporter: witnesses here say the tornado was on the ground, churning through homes, office buildings and factories for more than 20 minutes. scientists think...
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atlanta, georgia. a 14-year-old student shot in the head at price middle school this afternoon, one person in police custody. and then, of course, there's the city of chicago. more people killed there last year than american troops killed in afghanistan. more than 40 gun murders so far just this year, and today they announced a new strategy. income tax nbc's kevin tibbles starts us off from there tonight. good evening. >> brian, 2013 is barely a month old and already 42 murders in the city of chicago. the latest has galvanized this city into taking action. >> no one gets a pass. >> reporter: today, chicago city officials went on the offensive. taking aim at gun violence by calling for background checks on gun buyers. >> loss of any child, in any community, in this city, is a loss to the entire city. >> reporter: moving 200 more officers from behind their desks to the streets. >> if i have to put a policeman here, 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, 365, we're going to make a point that this territory belong
atlanta, georgia. a 14-year-old student shot in the head at price middle school this afternoon, one person in police custody. and then, of course, there's the city of chicago. more people killed there last year than american troops killed in afghanistan. more than 40 gun murders so far just this year, and today they announced a new strategy. income tax nbc's kevin tibbles starts us off from there tonight. good evening. >> brian, 2013 is barely a month old and already 42 murders in the...
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it was 65 degrees here in atlanta, in the atlanta area yesterday. it's now in the 30s and the windchill has it down into the 20s, so it is bitterly cold out here at the moment. back to you guys. >> insult to injury, i would say. but a lot of folks lucky to be alive this morning. again, thank you very much. appreciate it. so will the weather be as extreme today? some folks in chicago are telling me the same thing. indra petersons is here with some more of that. >> i think we all know the story here, cold, cold and more cold, unfortunately. the good news, of course that line of storms finally seeing the back edge of that, making its way out. the bad news, as we know, more of this cold, arctic air spreading even now all the way into the southeast. so this cold, arctic air will really bring that big change out there. when you have that change of warm air to cold air, you'll also start to see some wind, so today we're going to be talking about delays at the airport and not just one. take a look at these major hubs affected today. it's going to be another
it was 65 degrees here in atlanta, in the atlanta area yesterday. it's now in the 30s and the windchill has it down into the 20s, so it is bitterly cold out here at the moment. back to you guys. >> insult to injury, i would say. but a lot of folks lucky to be alive this morning. again, thank you very much. appreciate it. so will the weather be as extreme today? some folks in chicago are telling me the same thing. indra petersons is here with some more of that. >> i think we all know...
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. >> reporter: late wednesday the tornado touched down here in adairsville, 60 miles north of atlanta. it tore off parts of a manufacturing plant and ripped homes to shreds. >> i was so scared. it picked me up and flinged me three times. >> reporter: one man died when a tree crushed his home. at least nine people were injured. juanita carter dove into the bathtub to take cover as the structure of her cinder block house collapsed around her. >> i'm glad my kids weren't home and they were in school. >> reporter: chief jones said they estimated it as a quarter mile wide and staid on the ground for a full two miles. overturned 57bds tossed about vehicles and even heavy tractor-trailers were no match for the high winds. as many as 100 vehicles were flipped. >> that through your vehicle about 150 feet there? >> evidently. wrapped it all in the power lines and i guess slammed it down. >> reporter: a state of emergency has been declared in the county that we're in this morning as well atz another county further to the north. more than 6,500 power customers across the state of georgia are stil
. >> reporter: late wednesday the tornado touched down here in adairsville, 60 miles north of atlanta. it tore off parts of a manufacturing plant and ripped homes to shreds. >> i was so scared. it picked me up and flinged me three times. >> reporter: one man died when a tree crushed his home. at least nine people were injured. juanita carter dove into the bathtub to take cover as the structure of her cinder block house collapsed around her. >> i'm glad my kids weren't...
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we're talking 30 degrees below where we were here in atlanta. let's talk about what that means, you add in high temperatures close to cool temperatures, you're getting a lot of wind out there. take a look at bismarck, negative 37 degrees currently. very tough through the weekend. >> i feel guilty about complaining right now, it's chillier in atlanta, but not like this. >> thanks. >> let's head back to washington and jake tapper. >> thank you, carol, this moment we've been waiting for all morning. former senator chuck hagel, former senator of nebraska being confirmed or his hearing of confirmation. he's about to testify right now. you see former republican senator john warner of virginia speaking on behalf of chuck hagel. we expect hague to speak any minute. just to recap, hagel is perhaps the most controversial of all president obama's nominees, including jack lew for treasury, senator john kerry. chuck hagel, though, he's a republican senator. he's somebody who is not enjoying a lot of republican support because of his positions on iran. his po
we're talking 30 degrees below where we were here in atlanta. let's talk about what that means, you add in high temperatures close to cool temperatures, you're getting a lot of wind out there. take a look at bismarck, negative 37 degrees currently. very tough through the weekend. >> i feel guilty about complaining right now, it's chillier in atlanta, but not like this. >> thanks. >> let's head back to washington and jake tapper. >> thank you, carol, this moment we've...
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one of the hardest-hit spots was adairsville, georgia, 60 miles north of atlanta. one person there died as did a man in pntennessee. let's get right to miguel marquez. miguel, good morning. >> reporter: good morning there, soledad. the person who died here in adairsville died fairly close to where we were standing right now. he was in a manufactured home and a tree killed him. this storm packed a thousand-mile punch. >> we could see circulation in the clouds. >> reporter: a reporter from atlanta affiliate wsb caught one twister as it touched down. >> slashing toward i-75. again, a tornado -- >> reporter: in its path, utter destruction. >> this is main street in adairsville, georgia. this is exactly where that tornado hit. you can see devastation on that side of the street, the trucks completely destroyed here. and on this side was a normal day of work here at the plant where they make parts for tractors. complete devastation. 50 to 100 people working here today, all of them fine. across this entire area, trucks, everythin everything, shredded. at the plant justin c
one of the hardest-hit spots was adairsville, georgia, 60 miles north of atlanta. one person there died as did a man in pntennessee. let's get right to miguel marquez. miguel, good morning. >> reporter: good morning there, soledad. the person who died here in adairsville died fairly close to where we were standing right now. he was in a manufactured home and a tree killed him. this storm packed a thousand-mile punch. >> we could see circulation in the clouds. >> reporter: a...
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we got to see each other, the faithful game when we beat atlanta and have a chance to win again. in the past seven years you've seen the people of new orleanss in a much more, doing heroic thing to get the city stood back up. you can't put this on if you're not clicking on our four krillcylinders. >> guards from katrina still and you have to know people need 0 know the story. >> no question. katrina and rita did not cause all of new orleans problems like every american city we struggled with infrastructure health care education. one of the things that's happened is the people of new orleans really stoppeded bleed that started a long time ago, transformed the city into moving in the right direction. it would be unfair to say that the city's completely back. we have areas in in the city still struggling but you will find out building the northeast, some places come back faster than others. some places hurt before stay hurt longer. it really is going to be a matter of national policy getting into urban areas reinvest in schools and education and build the kbaft so america can be gre
we got to see each other, the faithful game when we beat atlanta and have a chance to win again. in the past seven years you've seen the people of new orleanss in a much more, doing heroic thing to get the city stood back up. you can't put this on if you're not clicking on our four krillcylinders. >> guards from katrina still and you have to know people need 0 know the story. >> no question. katrina and rita did not cause all of new orleans problems like every american city we...
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here's the system, here's adairsville along i-75 northwest of atlanta. this pushes through, and there it is right around 11:15 yesterday morning. you can see the heavy precipitation that's coming down. it then continues on through and the good news is, this was a quick-moving system. but take a look. we've had now 13 confirmed tornados touching down. 664 severe thunderstorm wind gust reports as the day wears on. continue to move to the east, and as you can see, we've got even now 11 more unconfirmed tornados that are going to be investigated today ahead of this system. a lot of rain. we've had wind gusts over 70 miles per hour. thousands are without power here in the northeast. behind it, a lot of snow to talk about. we'll have that coming up in the next ten minutes, savannah? >> thank you. >>> now to the drama in alabama this morning where a suspect is holding a 5 year old hostage in his underground bunker. gabe gutierrez is there this morning. good morning to you. >> reporter: good morning. up the road behind me, police have been working more than 40 h
here's the system, here's adairsville along i-75 northwest of atlanta. this pushes through, and there it is right around 11:15 yesterday morning. you can see the heavy precipitation that's coming down. it then continues on through and the good news is, this was a quick-moving system. but take a look. we've had now 13 confirmed tornados touching down. 664 severe thunderstorm wind gust reports as the day wears on. continue to move to the east, and as you can see, we've got even now 11 more...